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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 462850" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>They destroyed the Osirak reactor in Iraq in 1982, but that was a sneak attack against one relatively undefended target. Even so, the attack took place at the extreme range of Israel's friend-16's which were grossly overweight at takeoff due to having to carry extra fuel tanks as well as bombs. They barely got off the ground, and there were real concerns that the aircraft would be damaged or even destroyed when they tried to jettison the jury-rigged fuel tanks in mid-flight.</p><p> </p><p>Irans's facilities are underground as well as being widely dispersed. Furthermore, they are well out of range of Israeli strike aircraft. Israel has only a limited air-to-air refueling capability, they do not posess any stealth aircraft, and they do not have any "bunker-buster" munitions that can gurantee success against hardened underground targets. And without US permission to overfly Iraq, any air-to-air refueling they did attempt would have to take place over hostile airspace.</p><p> </p><p>If Israel has to do it on their own, they will be leaving some mushroom clouds behind, and either landing at US-controlled airbases in Iraq or simply bailing out of their aircraft as they run out of fuel over the Iraqi desert. Either way we will get dragged into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 462850, member: 14668"] They destroyed the Osirak reactor in Iraq in 1982, but that was a sneak attack against one relatively undefended target. Even so, the attack took place at the extreme range of Israel's friend-16's which were grossly overweight at takeoff due to having to carry extra fuel tanks as well as bombs. They barely got off the ground, and there were real concerns that the aircraft would be damaged or even destroyed when they tried to jettison the jury-rigged fuel tanks in mid-flight. Irans's facilities are underground as well as being widely dispersed. Furthermore, they are well out of range of Israeli strike aircraft. Israel has only a limited air-to-air refueling capability, they do not posess any stealth aircraft, and they do not have any "bunker-buster" munitions that can gurantee success against hardened underground targets. And without US permission to overfly Iraq, any air-to-air refueling they did attempt would have to take place over hostile airspace. If Israel has to do it on their own, they will be leaving some mushroom clouds behind, and either landing at US-controlled airbases in Iraq or simply bailing out of their aircraft as they run out of fuel over the Iraqi desert. Either way we will get dragged into it. [/QUOTE]
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